Career timeline

• 1966 – Undergraduate Commercial Apprentice, Hawker Siddeley Aviation.
• 1970 – Contracts Officer, Hawker Siddeley Aviation.
• 1978 – Contracts Manager (Military), British Aerospace Aircraft Group Manchester Division.
• 1981 – Executive Director - Administration, British Aerospace
• 1982 – Divisional Administration Director, British Aerospace
• Early 1980s to 1984 – Advanced Turboprop (ATP) Project team leader, British Aerospace
• 1984 – Divisional Director and General Manager, Kingston, British Aerospace. Responsible for BAE's Kingston and Dunsfold Park facilities, which manufactured the Harrier and Hawk aircraft respectively.
• 1986 – Director and General Manager, Weybridge, Kingston and Dunsfold, part of BAe's Military Aircraft Division.
• 1987 – Director Marketing and Product Support, BAe Military Aircraft Division.
• 1988 – Executive Vice President Defence Marketing, British Aerospace
• 1992 – Chairman and Managing Director, British Aerospace Regional Aircraft and Chairman of Jetstream Aircraft.
• 1994 – Promoted to the British Aerospace board as of 1 January
• 1994 – Chairman of Commercial Aerospace, which included BAE's Airbus factories.
• 1995 – Vice-President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies until 1996, then President from June 1996 until June 1997.
• 1996 – Non-Executive Director of Babcock International Group.
• 1996 – Head of BAE's defence export businesses
• 1998 – Appointed to the Airbus Supervisory Board. Retained this seat with the formation of Airbus SAS in 2001 until BAE sold its 20% share in 2006.
• 1999 – With the formation of BAE Systems, became Chief Operating Officer.
• 2002 – Replaced John Weston as CEO.
• 2005 – Non-Executive Director of P&O. Stepped down in March 2006.
• 2006 – Executive Directorship at Lazard Ltd
• 2008 – Non-Executive Chairman of Babcock International Group.^[2]
• 2012 – Non-Executive Chairman of GKN Plc
• 2018- Non-Executive Barclays PLC